Criminal Justice Portal

Criminal Justice Portal

Criminal law

Criminology

Schools of thought:

Chicago School • Classical School • Conflict Criminology • Environmental Criminology • Feminist School • Frankfurt School • Integrative Criminology • Italian School • Left Realism • Marxist Criminology • Neo-Classical School • Positivist School • Postmodernist School • Right Realism

Theories:

Anomie • Differential Association Theory • Deviance • Labeling Theory • Rational Choice Theory • Social Control Theory • Social Disorganisation Theory • Social Learning Theory • Strain Theory • Subcultural Theory • Symbolic Interactionism • Victimology

Crime

Types of crime:

Blue-collar crime • Corporate crime • Felony • Juvenile crime • Misdemeanor • Organised crime • Political crime • Public order crime • State crime • State-corporate crime • White-collar crime

Crimes:

Aggravated assault • Arson • Burglary • Homicide • Larceny-theft • Motor vehicle theft • Rape • Robbery

Other crimes:

Assault and Counterfeiting • Disorderly conduct • Domestic violence • Driving under the influence • Drug abuse violations • Drunkenness • Embezzlement • Forgery • Fraud • Gambling • Human trafficking • Prostitution • Sex offense • Suicide . Vagrancy • Vandalism

Crime data:

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) • National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

Criminal procedure:

Arrest warrant • Presumption of innocence • Probable cause • Right to silence • Search warrant

Terminology:

Actus reus • Mens rea

Criminal justice system

Theory:

Restorative justice • Retributive justice • Transformative justice

Law enforcement (Police)

Arrest • Arrest warrant • Auxiliary police • Chief of police • Clearance rate • Cold case • Constable • Crime mapping • Crime statistics • Criminal intelligence • Detention of suspects • Highway patrol • International Association Chiefs of Police • Interrogation • Investigations • Law enforcement agencies • Offender profiling • Police officer • Racial profiling • Sheriff

Forensics

: Ballistics • Bloodstain pattern analysis • CSI Effect • Computer forensics • Crime scene • DNA analysis • Fingerprinting • Fire investigation • Forensic accounting • Forensic anthropology • Forensic databases • Forensic engineering • Forensic entomology • Forensic genetics • Forensic odontology • Forensic palynology • Forensic pathology • Forensic psychiatry • Forensic psychology • Forensic toxicology • Information forensics • Questioned document examination • Serology • Taphonomy • Vehicular accident reconstruction • Trace evidence

Policing:

Community policing • CompStat • Problem-oriented policing

Technology:

Automated Fingerprint Identification System • National DNA database

Criminal Courts

Adjudication • Appeals •Arraignment • Bail • Capital punishment • Defense • Disposition • Evidence • Grand jury • Judicial system • Jury • Justice of the Peace • Magistrate • Plea bargain • Prosecution • Sentencing • Trials

Corrections (Penology)

Alternatives to imprisonment • Detention • Deterrence • Jail • Parole • Probation • Prison • Prison reform • Prisoner abuse • Prisoners’ rights • Recidivism • Rehabilitation • Retribution • Sex offender • Utilitarianism

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